College basketball has a short memory. While it may seem that Kentucky has dominated the SEC for a Kansas-like era, the Wildcats have only strung together three straight regular season championships. The squad for coach John Calipari does not have much returning talent, so the freshmen will have to progress quickly. While I could have worked a Wildcat into this SEC preview, there are better options across the board. To further complicate the matter, I am not sure how the Kentucky rotation is going to work out. My guess is Hamadou Diallo and Kevin Knox will be the stars, but Kentucky doesn’t even have the top rated freshman in the conference -- that title belongs to Missouri's Michael Porter Jr. It could be a year of upheaval in the SEC.

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